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Maya Angelou’s work mixed with hip-hop for album

NEW YORK – Maya Angelou’s iconic words and lyrics will blend with hip-hop beats for a new album called “Caged Bird Songs.” Shawn Rivera, the lead singer of R&B group Az Yet, and ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

‘She Blinded Me With Science’ musician becomes teacher

BALTIMORE – Before composing his 1982 synth-pop hit “She Blinded Me With Science,” Thomas Dolby sketched out the story line for the music video. That’s not just rock-and-roll trivia – it’s o...

DATE: Sep 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Kanye, Juanes enliven LA’s Made in America fest

LOS ANGELES – A new outdoor music festival in downtown Los Angeles reflected the city’s diversity with a lineup that included rap, rock, punk, blues and Latin music. Kanye West, Cypress Hill...

DATE: Sep 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Youth orchestra welcomes new director

Chrisman is longtime Four Corners music educator

DATE: Aug 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

5 things to watch for at the Venice Film Festival

VENICE, Italy – It has Al Pacino and zombie girlfriends, Owen Wilson and Lars von Trier. The 71st Venice Film Festival has begun, bringing 11 days of high art and Hollywood glamou...

DATE: Aug 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Bow down: Beyonce owns the MTV Video Music Awards

Bow down: Beyonce was the reigning queen of Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards. The diva closed the awards show with an epic nearly 20-minute performance. Tears streamed down her fa...

DATE: Aug 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Radkey unlocks door to success

Trio of brothers play metal rock with ferocity

DATE: Aug 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Review: Country artists rock out for Motley Crue

Various Artists, “Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Motley Crue” (Big Machine/Eleven Seven) Country artists have long paid tribute to rock acts compatible with country music, from t...

DATE: Aug 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

U.S. court grants new appeal hearing for Buju Banton

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A lawyer for convicted Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton said Tuesday that a U.S. federal appellate court agreed to a new hearing on his latest appeal. The Gram...

DATE: Aug 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Artists cover landmark Johnny Cash album

NEW YORK – Various Artists, “Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited” (Sony Masterworks) Throughout his career, Johnny Cash sang about the downtrodden, giving...

DATE: Aug 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Depression-era colony cashing in on Johnny Cash’s fame

Associated Press DYESS, Ark. – Historians are poised to open Johnny Cash’s boyhood home to the public after recovering it from disrepair. The country music icon grew u...

DATE: Aug 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Daniel Radcliffe finds interest in actors ‘weird’

LONDON – Daniel Radcliffe says he finds the concept of celebrity and the level of interest in the trivia of actors’ lives “weird.” While promoting his first romantic comedy – “Wha...

DATE: Aug 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music